Christmas: what does it mean for you?

cornbb

A quick poll here - what does Christmas represent for you? Is it generally a good or a bad thing? A mixture of each? The poll is roughly divided into good things and corresponding bad things. Tick all that apply. Just curious to see who's feeling "ho ho ho"* and who's feeling "ba humbag!"

*Let get this out of the way: yore ma is a ho ho ho!

Dancor

deadly):

Professey Chin

Ramadan

4zn76tysfajdxp

Is it going to be christmas soon? Jaysus, I'd better start on the shopping.

cornbb

dancor wrote: »

Thread fails without poll

OP fails to type poll options at light speed after starting thread

Beruthiel

You left out all the religious stuff cornbb.
Shame on you.

Turd Ferguson

To me, Xmas is getting a fiddle from the parish Priest

SeekUp

"So, have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a crazy Kwanzaa, a tip-top Tet and a solemn, dignified Ramadan. And now a word from MY God, our sponsors!"

cornbb

Beruthiel wrote: »

You left out all the religious stuff cornbb.
Shame on you.

Lol, I knew I forgot something. We're talking about 21st century Christmas Beru, not pre-1990s Jebusfest. Anyone concerned about religious stuff can say a prayer to whichever God they believe in (e.g. dr.bollocko, Terry, AlmightyCushion etc) to have the poll options changed :pac:

Roadend

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

To me, Xmas is getting a fiddle from the parish Priest

That was a violin actually

Acacia

SeekUp wrote: »

"So, have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a crazy Kwanzaa, a tip-top Tet and a solemn, dignified Ramadan. And now a word from MY God, our sponsors!"

Actually the Muslim 'equivalent' to Christmas is not Ramadan but Eid (and there's two of them!:pac:). Ramadan is a period of fasting, making it more similar to Advent or Lent.


Sorry, had a nerdy moment there.

SoWatchaWant

Materialism. Basically it's materialfest, and that's the way I like it.

Turd Ferguson

Roadend wrote: »

That was a violin actually

Either way, his fingering could have been better!

Ckal

I celebrate getting presents.

Davidius

The birth of Jesus Christ?
[/token response]

Mr. Presentable

As a self employed person who has had no holidays this year, "a welcome break"

Holsten

It means sweet time off.

SeekUp

Acacia wrote: »

Actually the Muslim 'equivalent' to Christmas is not Ramadan but Eid (and there's two of them!:pac:). Ramadan is a period of fasting, making it more similar to Advent or Lent.

Not according to Krusty the Clown.

Mimikyu

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SpookyDoll

A time for moaning, weeping and gnashing of teeth.

stovelid

These days, just a holiday really.

Acacia

SeekUp wrote: »

Not according to Krusty the Clown.

Sure he's Jewish, what would he know of Muslim holidays! :D

eVeNtInE

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burgess1

The end of 2 months of advertising for one day.

Also ham and stuffing

rhapsody!

Christmas became non existant for me this year!
Seems to get more and more pointless each year. Last year wasn't too bad but this year just doesn't feel festive at all.

cornbb

Jeebusy options added to the poll, thanks to doc bollocko. Apologies if Jeebusism isn't your fantasy of choice and if I have horribly offended you. Replace as appropriate with Abraham/Muhammah/Santa Claus/flying spaghetti monster.